Killer (Finnish band)
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Refimprove Template:Infobox musical artist Killer was a rock band founded in 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. Although Killer was a quartet, vocalist Siiri Nordin was by far the most visible member.
History
The group's debut single Hurricane was released in February 2001. In August 2001 the debut was followed up by All I Want – a track that topped the local airplay list and made it to No. 2 on the charts, moving the band's debut album 'Sickeningly Pretty And Unpleasantly Vain' up to gold.
Their second album, Sure You Know How To Drive This Thing was internationally released in 2003 and entered the Finnish charts at position 7.<ref>A Charts, "Killer – Sure You Know How To Drive This Thing", Website listing albums worldwide and their performance, Retrieved 2010-07-08.</ref> Sure You Know How To Drive This Thing includes the song Naughty Boy which became the band's biggest hit. The song was one of the most played songs on Finnish radio during the summer of 2003; it also made it to number one on the MTV's Up North charts. One year later, Killer were invited to play at the Rock am Ring festival in Germany.<ref>Ring Rockers, "Line-Up Rock am Ring 2004" Template:Webarchive, Rock am Ring Community, June 2004. Retrieved 2010-07-08.</ref>
On February 5, 2005, bass player Timo Huhtala announced on the band's website the group will take an "undetermined break";<ref>Official Website, "Update 05Feb2005", News Section, February 5, 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-08.</ref>
As a result, Timo and Teijo formed their new band Killer Aspect, the name being a combination of the band names Killer and Personal Aspect – the former band of the guitarist.
Dynasty
Killer, along with Kwan and The Rasmus, were part of the initially unofficial association Dynasty, a loose association which joined the disparate bands.<ref>The Rasmus Hellofasite, "Dynasty" Template:Webarchive, Italian The Rasmus Fansite, 2005–2010. Retrieved 2010-07-08.</ref> The association was found out of a friendship and joined interests and resulted in several co-operations: The Rasmus' members Lauri Ylönen and Pauli Rantasalmi produced both Killer's and Kwan's (the latter one only Rantasalmi) albums, Siiri appeared on Kwan's tracks Padam and Chillin' at the Grotto and Aki Hakala first played drums for Killer, later for Kwan before finally joining The Rasmus. Lauri also contributed lyrics to a special version of Killer's All I Want which was released as a b-side on the single.
Discography
Albums
- Sickeningly Pretty & Unpleasantly Vain (2001)
- Sure You Know How to Drive This Thing (2003)
Singles
- All I Want (2001)
- Hurricane (2001)
- Fire (2002)
- Naughty Boy (2003)
- Watching – Waiting (2003)
- Liar (2003)
Members
- Siiri Nordin (vocals, piano)
- Timo Huhtala (bass guitar)
- Teijo Jämsä (drums)
- Tuomas "Tumppi" Norvio (guitar)